Michael Healy 1873-1941: An Tur Gloine's stained glass pioneer

Captures the spirit and culture of the city of Dublin, in literature, song, character and place.

The Brexit referendum of 2016 triggered one of the most profound constitutional crises in modern British history. A wave of populist nationalism gave way to political and economic instability, throwing the future of the United Kingdom into sharp relief.

This book is the story of this infamous club and its origins in an area of Dublin called HELL, during Dublin’s Golden Age. For it was in HELL that the club’s aristocratic founders first met to establish the club. We will discover the many outrageous personalities such as Pimping Peg, the Sham Squire, the ‘Speaker’ Conolly, Buck Whaley, Laetitia Pilkington, Darkey Kelly and the ‘King of Hell’ – all of whom feature in the story of the Hellfire Club. We will hear of tales of the crypt, the Forty Steps to Hell, bawds, bagnios and brothels, the statue to the Devil, as well as the Devil’s snuff box